{"id":3644,"date":"2014-03-10T11:23:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T15:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.consigli.com\/?p=3644"},"modified":"2020-12-09T11:06:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T16:06:11","slug":"longfellow-bridge-tower-dismantling-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.consigli.com\/longfellow-bridge-tower-dismantling-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Longfellow Bridge Tower Dismantling Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consigli Construction Co., Inc. is managing the historic masonry restoration of the Longfellow Bridge\u2019s four iconic granite towers over multiple phases as part of the joint venture team with J.F. White and Skanska to restore and rehabilitate the 106-year old bridge.<\/p>\n<p>An icebreaker cleared a path on the Charles River between Cambridge and Boston so a barge-mounted crane could be floated along the upstream side of the bridge, beginning the process of dismantling the bridge\u2019s famed \u201csalt and pepper shaker\u201d towers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s <i>Boston Globe<\/i> reported, \u201cOver the next four to six weeks, crews working on the restoration of the bridge that straddles the Charles River will painstakingly remove each of the 529 blocks in each tower, some weighing as much as three tons, for cleaning and repair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The granite blocks will be carefully documented, photographed, assessed, labeled and tracked as they are transported by the river barge to an off-site facility for restoration, and transported back for reassembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two towers on the downstream side of the bridge will be dismantled and restored when that side of the bridge is rehabilitated during the final state of construction, which is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consigli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BostonGlobe_Crew-begin-dismantling-Longfellow-Bridge-_-3_8_14.pdf\"><b>Link to PDF \u201cCrews begin dismantling Longfellow Bridge \u2018salt and pepper shakers,\u2019\u201d by Martine Powers, <i>Globe Staff<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consigli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Globe-Photos-of-the-week-03282014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3657\" alt=\"Globe Photos of the week 03282014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.consigli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Globe-Photos-of-the-week-03282014.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.consigli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Globe-Photos-of-the-week-03282014.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.consigli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Globe-Photos-of-the-week-03282014-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.consigli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Globe-Photos-of-the-week-03282014-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.consigli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Globe-Photos-of-the-week-03282014-189x150.jpg 189w, https:\/\/www.consigli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Globe-Photos-of-the-week-03282014-350x277.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.consigli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Globe-Photos-of-the-week-03282014-442x350.jpg 442w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consigli Construction Co., Inc. is managing the historic masonry restoration of the Longfellow Bridge\u2019s four iconic granite towers over multiple phases as part of the joint venture team with J.F. 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